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Cuckoo Trail – Horam Old Station loop from Hampden Park

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Cuckoo Trail – Horam Old Station loop from Hampden Park

Moderate

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Cuckoo Trail – Horam Old Station loop from Hampden Park

02:41

46.0km

220m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.9 km for 115 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.89 km

Millennium Milepost – Cuckoo Trail

Highlight • Monument

One of the four designs of mileposts erected by the National Cycle Network to mark the Millennium. This one is designed by Iain McColl.

Tip by

6.33 km

Millennium Milepost 151X

Highlight • Structure

This milepost sits on the National Cycle Network route 2 (21).

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13.5 km

Hellingly Old Station House

Highlight • Structure

Example of a station house now converted into homes, would make a great spot to open a cafe in the summer.

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13.8 km

Cuckoo Trail / Avenue Verte: Hellingly to Horam

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

22.1 km

Railway Memorabilia Garden on the Cuckoo Trail

Highlight • Historical Site

This is clearly a rail enthusiast’s back garden, backing onto the Cuckoo Trail but its got more going on than some of the disused railway stations on the route- railway signage, lights and a level crossing.

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23.0 km

Cuckoo Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

If you are planning on riding the Cuckoo Trail with children, and returning to your starting point, I recommend starting at the Polegate end. There is a very gradual gradient …

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26.7 km

Horam Station on the Cuckoo Trail

Highlight • Trail

A good spot to stop, have a break and a bite to eat while cycling the Cuckoo Trail , particularly if you are with children - the platforms, signs and …

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26.9 km

Horam Old Station

Highlight • Cycleway

Great cafe (Cadence Cafe) is at the Horam station on the Cuckoo Trail. Nice clean toilets there too and a water outlet for refilling bottles.

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36.0 km

The Common Pond

Lake

46.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.5 km

2.19 km

1.08 km

147 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.1 km

689 m

131 m

128 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

20°C

14°C

25 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 28.0 km/h

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Comments

May 12, 2024,Kiddies Cake Run, Eastbourne to Heathfield.

Forgive the picture of the slow worm, my granddaughter was fascinated!

May 19, 2024,Cuckoo Trail.

New tool station and pump on the trail just as you're leaving Heathfield heading south. Great to see, let's hope it lasts...

June 19, 2025,Activity

A nice cycle ride on the Cuckoo Trail, there are a few road crossings and two small sections of road to navigate, other than that an enjoyable ride through the country side.

April 15, 2022,Heathfield-Beachy Head Cuckoo trail

Free parking at Station Rd Heathfield, easy spin to Polegate, around 3 mile of road to Jevington, then you can huff and puff over the South Downs Way to Beachy Head 🙃. Oh a save yourself a little, the Cuckoo trail is an every so uphill ride all the way back ! Enjoy 😎

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Cuckoo Trail – Horam Old Station loop from Hampden Park

Millennium Milepost – Cuckoo Trail

Millennium Milepost 151X

Hellingly Old Station House

Cuckoo Trail / Avenue Verte: Hellingly to Horam

Railway Memorabilia Garden on the Cuckoo Trail

Cuckoo Trail

Horam Station on the Cuckoo Trail

Horam Old Station

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